Is the text size too large or too small?

In Firefox, go to View > Text size and increase/decrease using Ctrl and + or -

If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, you can hold down Ctrl and scroll back or forth to increase or decrease the font size in both IE and Firefox.

Changing your computer screen settings

To change the size of the image shown on your screen on a PC running Windows 95 and upwards, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Settings and change the desktop area by using the sliding bar. On an Apple Macintosh, you can use the Monitor & Sound Control Panel to change the resolution.

Useful resources

AbilityNet

The charity AbilityNet has put together a website that will help you to customise your computer and the way you view websites so that you really can get the most out of your computer.

BBC's My Web My Way

The BBC also has a very comprehensive site called My Web My Way developed in association with AbilityNet, which goes into even more detail on how you can adjust your computer so that you can make the most of the world-wide web.﻿